Most New Yorkers have this fantasy: own a place with enough space where anything is possible. Deep in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Auria Abraham and Jeremy “Mush1” Mushlin have turned their basement into a speakeasy-style escape—wood-paneling, bar, booming speakers—while the lush backyard is a grilling paradise.

Auria makes some of the city’s most marvelous Malaysian food. Mush1 is a trumpeter, reggae producer, member of Top Shotta Band and host of WNYU Radio’s Tunnel One.

Together, they throw some of the best parties this side of Kingston, Jamaica. This afternoon, they’re partnering with me to create Reggae, Satay and IPAs: A Malaysian Brunch Dance Party.

Brooklyn is in the midst of a brewery boom, with beer makers popping up in every nook and cranny of the borough. Next month welcomes Brooklyn’s latest entrant, Randolph Beer DUMBO.

Randolph? Does that name ring a bell? That’s because the Randolph groupruns two all-star beer bars in NoLiTa and Williamsburg. This spanking-new location will focus on a highly curated selection of beers complemented by house-made concoctions (think: hop-focused pale ales, rustic saisons) cooked up by Brooklyn Brewery veteran J.R. Jordan.

While the brewery is not yet open to the public, you’ll get an early sneak preview of the 5,500-square-foot space, meet the brewery crew and sip through an endless stream of beers and feast on sliders (vegetarian and carnivorous), warm grain bowls and pretzels partnered with homemade beer cheese. Randolph will do his very best to charm you.

Your host will be Brooklyn beer journalist Joshua M. Bernstein, who will say many words while drinking many beers.

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Well, that was a heat wave, wasn’t it? Well, at least there’s cold beer, and plenty of it.

For starters, thanks so much for buying tickets to the Crown Heights Homebrew Tour. We sold out, but never fear. We have two great events the weekend of July 8 and 9: another homebrew tour and an early look at Brooklyn’s Five Boroughs Brewing. Curious?

Today’s tour will walk us through Prospect Heights and Fort Greene, Brooklyn. We’ll sip Jon Serluco’s pale ales and ambers, then try Alex Biedermann’s wild and funky farmhouse ales and saisons—some of my favorite beers from this year’s Homebrew Jamboree. Lastly, we’ll wrap up with Alex Kalaf’s fragrant West Coast IPAs, as crushable as the summer days are long. Note: Today’s guide will be Sheri Lyn, a founding member of the Brewminaries homebrew club.

Here are the details on the special sneak preview of Brooklyn’s next great brewery, Five Boroughs.

Some folks journey to Sunset Park for tacos, others for dumplings and hand-yanked noodles. On Saturday, July 8, fans of spanking-fresh IPAs, pilsners, and raspberry goses should make hay to the melting-pot neighborhood for an early look at Five Boroughs Brewing Co., New York City’s latest and greatest brewery.

Haven’t heard of Five Boroughs? That’s because the team has spent the better part of two years turning a bygone factory into a 30-barrel production facility (read: huge) and spacious taproom dedicated to New York City’s dynamic and creative spirit.

Five Boroughs beers are made for the Bronx’s hidden trails and sprawling Manhattan avenues. For lounging in Staten Island backyards and on Brooklyn fire escapes. For cutting out early in Queens and staying out late everywhere. The brewery’s goal is to create a culture that encompasses every New Yorker, offering beers they can call their own.

The brewery isn’t yet open to the public. But this afternoon Five Boroughs will open for a special behind-the-scenes tour complete with samples of the ready-for-primetime beer (more on that below). We’ll also have food, likely the finest tamales Sunset Park can offer.

Ready to Take Five? Tickets are limited. The experience: not to be repeated.

Beers:

Pilsner – The Czech-style pilsner is light in color and body, with a clean, bitter finish. Czech Saaz hops impart soft floral and grassy aromas. This style is deceptively difficult to brew, and we’ve worked hard to refine this underrated lager. (5.0% ABV)

Raspberry Gose – The clean, pleasantly salty Gose is conditioned on heaps of ripe raspberries. The result is a flawless blend of salty tartness and sweet fruit. This spin on our standard Gose has a refreshingly prickly carbonation and a noticeable dryness that perfectly accompanies New York City summers. (4.0% ABV)

IPA – Our IPA is a modern take on the West Coast original. We add most of the hops late in the brewing process, resulting in a colossal aroma of citrus balanced by herbs and pine. Flaked wheat and Optic malt contribute complexity and body, but this beer is all about hop aroma and bitterness. (6.8% ABV)

Helles – Our take on this classic Munich lager is brewed with Hallertau hops, German pilsner malt, and soft New York City tap water. The Helles is a testament to precisely balanced, high-quality raw materials. Fermented long and cold with our house lager yeast, this Helles offers a crackery malt backbone and restrained bitterness. (4.5% ABV)

Wheat Pilsner – Wheat malt and Motueka hops may be the last ingredients youd expect in a traditional pilsner, but they provide the old-world beer with distinctive new-world flavors. Late-addition Motueka hops lend a nice lime-zest character and the German wheat malt adds a bit of tartness with a soft, creamy mouthfeel. (5.5% ABV)

Mosaic Pale Ale – Our Mosaic Pale Ale starts with a grain bill that includes a generous amount of pale rye malt and flaked wheat. Next comes a massive addition of Mosaic hops, resulting in huge notes of tropical fruit, berries, and citrus. The Pale Ale’s profile is accentuated by small additions of Chinook hops, which contribute a balancing piney-herbal character. (5.8% ABV)

Can you dig it? This afternoon, slap on some sunscreen and boogey to Threes for our latest Can Jam, featuring many of the country’s biggest and rarest cult beers. Ever wanted to crush cans from the The Veil, Hoof Hearted, Proclamation, Fair State, Seventh Son, and the Big Apple’s all-stars (Other Half, LIC Beer Project, Finback and more)? Here’s your chance.

Also: We’ll also have two beer bongs. And cans of Graft Cider.

Note: Cans are for on-premise consumption only. And they will be priced to pound.

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What:Winter‘s Grind at the Arrogant Swine: Part IIIWhen: Saturday, March 18, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Where: Arrogant Swine (173 Morgan Avenue at Scholes Street); Bushwick, BrooklynTickets:$35 with special discount code SWINE. Includes endless sausage and 25 unique beers.Note:Tickets are available here. Tickets will be $45 after March 1.

To combine two of life’s greatest pleasures, the comrades-in-consumption are once again joining forces for the third edition of Winter‘s Grind at the Arrogant Swine, Ho’s Bushwick-based BBQ joint.

Ho and his fellow chef friends will be hand-cranking all-you-can-eat sausages such as chicken satay, veal sausage with Pakistani fire seasoning and Sicilian lamb stigghiola. (Don’t worry: vegetarians will have a dining option too.)

On the all-you-can-drink side, Cuzme and Bernstein have hand-selected 10 of the city’s top homebrewers to make dark and delightful beers, including the crews from Bitter & Esters and Mary Izett’s marvelously offbeat fast ferments.

Moreover, they’ve tabbed 15 of NYC’s best and newest breweries to supply drinkers with the finest March-friendly beers. That means you’ll be drinking Finback, Other Half, Strong Rope, Keg & Lantern, Barrier, Kings County Brewers Collective and so many more. Around 25 unique, rarely tasted brews will endlessly pour.

It’s a fact: Local homebrewers are making some of the Big Apple’s best beer. To celebrate their creations (and drink them too!), we’re taking over every square inch of Jimmy’s No. 43. Again.

For the fifth edition of Jimmy’s Homebrew Jamboree, we’ve enlisted 16 of our favorite brewers (many of whom are planning to go pro) to make special beers for the event. Expect IPAs, double IPAs, saisons, stouts and the odd sour. The variety will be as endless as the beers are delicious.

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It wouldn’t be the holidays if I weren’t flogging the heck out of my book and drinking way too many double IPAs. For one final event before the year drifts away, I’m partnering with my friends at Brooklyn beer hall Berg’n and Interboro, who will be toting a sleigh full of freshly canned double IPAs. Buy a book, get a beer and buzz! Getting bitter for the holidays has never felt so good.

4) Off Color Wari: The chicha de molle-inspired ale (an ancient Peruvian ferment) is made with purple corn, Schinus molle berries and souring bacteria. The beer's tart, dry and bright, as zingy as kombucha. And just 3.8 percent ABV. History!.